I actually thought the fight itself was quite good, sure Machida was dissapointing, but only because Shogun was just that good imo.
Also, I'm very happy Stefan Struve won again, he's from my hometown, and being a heavyweight at just 21(and 2.11 m), he's gonna be huge in the future.
I doubt the rematch will be at UFC 108, since that already futures:
# Heavyweight Championship bout: United States Brock Lesnar (c) vs. United States Shane Carwin
# Light Heavyweight bout: United States Rashad Evans vs. Brazil Thiago Silva
# Heavyweight bout: Brazil Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Brazil Junior dos Santos
If they will fight I suspect it'll be at 109 or 110.
Shogun has to win then, even more because Anderson Silva won't fight Machida.
I'm still gutted about the poor decision.
It won't be 110, as that is in Australia. Wanderlei Silva is fighting Akiyama down here and I doubt they'd waste Machida-Shogun II on Australia because of time differences which will mean less US viewers will be tuning in. I reckon it'd feature in 109.
Griffin-Ortiz is the headline act for 106 now.
UFC 108 is going to be big if rumours are to be believed:
•Champ Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort (for middleweight title)*
•Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva*
•Junior Dos Santos vs. Gabriel Gonzaga*
•Carlos Condit vs. Paul Daley*
•Tyson Griffin vs. Jim Miller*
•Martin Kampmann vs. Rory Markham*
•Joe Lauzon vs. Sam Stout*
•Dan Lauzon vs. Cole Miller*
•Ryan Jensen vs. Mark Munoz*
•Jake Ellenberger vs. Mike Pyle*
* - Not officially announced
Can't wait for Paul Daley's fight as well.
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